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The advent of digital technologies such as social media, mobile, analytics,cloud computing and internet-of-things has provided unique opportunities fororganizations to engage in innovations that are affordable, easy-to-use,easy-to-learn and easy-to-implement. Transformations through such technologiesoften have positive impacts on business processes, products and services. Assuch, organizations have managed to increase productivity and efficiency,reduce cycle time and make substantial gains through digital transformation.Such transformations have also been positively associated with reducing harmfulenvironmental impacts by providing organizations alternative ways ofundertaking their business activities. However, in recent times, especiallywith an abundance of technologies being available at near-zero costs, questionsregarding the potential negative impacts of digital transformation on theenvironment have arisen. The morass of the ubiquitous technologies around usnecessitates the continuing creation of large data centers, that are increasingtheir capacity yielding a negative impact on the environment. Considering thisdialectical contradiction, a panel was conducted at the Australasian Conferenceon Information Systems (ACIS) in Perth, Australia, in 2019. Its aim was toinvigorate the dialogue regarding the impact of digital transformation onenvironmental sustainability and suggested some directions for future researchin this area.

Digital Transformation: Environmental Friend or Foe? Panel Discussion at the Australasian Conference on Information Systems 2019